每天一诗 英语诗歌

When I Was One-and-Twenty

　
When I was one-and-twenty

I heard a wise man say,

"Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies

But keep your fancy free."

But I was one-and-twenty,

No use to talk to me.

　

When I was one-and-twenty

I heard him say again,

"The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain;

'Tis paid with sighs a-plenty

And sold for endless rue."

And I am two-and-twenty,

And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.

　

当我二十一岁时

当我二十一岁时，

我听聪明人言语，

“金子银子均可给，

不可把真心相与；

珍珠宝石均可给，

个人爱好不可失。”

我已年方二十一，

再说与我复何益。

　

当我二十一岁时，

我听他又在言语，

“你真心一朝相与，

也绝不会白给，

得到的是无尽哀叹，

换回来无限愁思。”

我已二十有二岁

啊，言之有理，有理。

解释：诗人以轻松而又有讽刺意味的诗句描述了一个青年恋爱时的感受。聪明人不要他轻易去谈恋爱以免招致无穷的失望与苦恼，他未听劝告，二十一岁就谈情说爱起来，结果，正如聪明人所说的，才一年光景（到了二十二岁），他已感到无穷的烦恼。